There Aren't Any More Dark, Ruthless Novels on Tomato Reading with Smart Protagonists Who Never Hold Back 番茄己经没有了黑暗流杀伐果断主角智商在线的书了

1. 251 我 We Spend Our Lives Flying Toward That Blue Planet 我们用一生向那颗蓝色星球飞行 Defy Heaven and Chase the Wind逆天追风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse14k WordsCompleted We spend our whole lives flying toward that blue planet. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 252 亲 I Kissed the Demon Dog’s Toes and Became a Cultivation World Troublemaker 亲吻魔犬脚趾，我成了修仙乐子人 A Squirrel Eating Pinecones一只松鼠吃松果Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [System shenanigans + absurd comedy + light power fantasy + no farming] Other cultivators slay demons and vanquish monsters, reaching for the heavens, but my very first cultivation quest is to kiss a demonic hound’s toe?! After awakening the Taiji Fun-Seeker System, the more ridiculous the quest, the more outrageous the reward! Fairy dresses, lace gloves, bizarre abilities... As long as I keep the antics coming, my cultivation skyrockets! No protagonist torture, no frustration, no melodrama, jus 1.2kReads9.4Score110Shelves

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   Each has its own characteristics, providing ample choice.

3. 253 重 Back to the Beginner’s Village? No! I’m Here to Retire! 重回新手村？不！我是来养老的！ Tattered Immortal破烂仙人Ancient Romance3.3M WordsOngoing After completing 9,999 repair missions in minor worlds, Hua Yi decisively retires and chooses a world to spend her remaining years in. She seems like a fresh-faced newcomer who has just entered the world of cultivation, but behind the scenes, she’s a powerhouse who dares to go head-to-head with the Heavenly Dao! Along the way, she plays the pig to eat the tiger, picks up strays, and enjoys the gossip and drama. There’s the Child of Misfortune, sealed away by a powerful cultivator. There’s also t 10.3kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
4. 254 我 My Grandmaster Is Zhuge Liang 我的祖师爷是诸葛亮 Zhijin Di脂金地Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Fantasy premise] [Urban supernatural powers] [Two Worlds] [Wits and strategy] [Three Kingdoms mysteries] Life is a play, and everything depends on your acting. Surrounded by enemies, fish in troubled waters. Make enemies believe they’re your friends, and make yourself seem like their enemy. Zeng Ming is plagued by a hidden ailment and has little time left to live. By sheer luck, he meets a benefactor and learns a life-saving spell passed down from Zhuge Liang. The trouble is, this spell comes w 2kReads9.5Score219Shelves
5. 255 大 Great Song Lotus Guard: A Transmigration That Begins with an Assassin 大宋芙蓉卫：穿越从刺客开始 Xiao Wu's Coffee小伍的咖啡Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Detective Mystery] [Historical Romance] [Transmigration] [Strong Female Lead] [Wuxia] [Medicine] In 2046, Jiang Man, an elite agent from the GA Bureau, leaps into the flames of war in the second year of Jianyan under the Southern Song, hoping to find her lost love. This is her second transmigration. Unexpectedly, an accident occurs on her very first day. She possesses Zilian, an assassin of the Furong Guards, who is gravely wounded and unconscious, and the fusion of their consciousness is viole 620Reads9.3Score108Shelves
6. 256 无 No Spiritual Roots? I’ll Hunt Down the Heavenly Dao with My Mortal Body 无灵根？我以凡躯猎杀天道 Qi Qiao Linglong柒巧玲珑Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing On the day of the tournament, my cousin sighs that I have no spirit root. My fiancée demands to break off our engagement. My whole clan sees me as a burden, and the Heavenly Dao declares me a cripple. But no one knows that the [Myriad Daos Return to the Void System] I awakened tells me: Spirit roots are shackles imposed by the Heavenly Dao. Having no spirit root is what makes a person whole! From then on, I forge an original Great Dao that requires no spirit root. My cousin is a genius? I'll gra 8.9kReads9.3Score787Shelves
7. 257 无 Endlessly Reborn to Kill the Male Lead 无限重生只为杀男主 Mosquito Who Loves Tearjerker Dramas爱看虐剧的蚊砸Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Duan Wuer is trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth. Her greatest goal in life this time around: kill Qi Yi and clock out for good! Who could have guessed her assassination attempts would be so absurd, each one turning into a spectacular fiasco? She once became a buzzing mosquito, only for him to slap her dead. She once became a stray black dog, and he took her to be neutered. The most ridiculous time, she choked to death on a steamed bun while watching a play! Every assassination attempt fail 539Reads9.4Score102Shelves
8. 258 真 My True Self Shakes the World 真我震世 Yun Shaoqing, Who Loves the Ground Tiger喜欢趴地虎的云少卿Eastern Fantasy418k WordsCompleted Chou Yun was one of humanity’s guardian deities, a kindhearted man who was framed by his girlfriend and her brother. Humanity despised him, and powerful foes surrounded and killed him. After his former girlfriend discovered he had been reborn, he stopped being kind. Cold and ruthless, he killed her on the spot. He cultivates the True Self Shakes the World Art, creates the Soul Refining Art and Blood Refining Art, and awakens the power to devour. He can consume all kinds of heavenly treasures, a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The demonic cultivator is no longer kind, but cold-blooded and ruthless, no longer protecting humanity. He cultivates the True Self Shaking the World Technique, creating his own Soul Refining Technique and Blood Refining Technique. He awakens the Devouring Divine Power, capable of consuming all kinds of rare treasures, the souls, essence, blood, and spiritual power of his enemies for his own use. He refines the Human Emperor Banner to raise an army of millions of ghosts, creates the Blood River Pool to produce ten Asuras, and refines six zombie kings. He tortures and kills all those who framed him, secretly kidnaps beautiful women with exceptional talent to have children, and uses demonic arts to ensure each woman can only give birth to one child before dying. He bestows all his talents and abilities upon his children, fathering 108. He establishes a demonic cult, teaching his children his own techniques, watching from the sidelines as they fight, cleaning up the battlefield and collecting corpses. He refines souls, refines blood, devours, and plots against various races to instigate war.

9. 259 诸 The Bloodwing Cult Master of the Myriad Worlds 诸天万界之血翼教主 Lü Bu Battles Li Yuanba吕布大战李元霸Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Zhou Yuan, binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Cult Leader System. He had planned to transmigrate into a famous wish-fulfillment novel and rise to the top, but instead he accidentally lands in Zhongzhou and inherits the legacy of the Immortal Venerable's first life: the Bloodwing Demon Cult. Joining forces with Wuji, he breaks through the barriers between worlds and explores the Myriad Worlds! (Three new arcs have since been added: the Cangwu Cultivation Realm, the One Piece worl 3.7kReads—Score141Shelves
10. 260 龙 A Dragon Kingdom Police Cadet Charges Into Maitira 龙国警校生，勇闯迈提拉 Thousand-Year-Old Stone Monkey千年老石猴Urban137k WordsOngoing [Decisive, not a bleeding heart, self-serving, scheming, highly intelligent, always planning several steps ahead]+ [Everyone is ruthless]+ [No System, no golden finger]+ [No characters acting stupidly, logical]+ [No heroine, female supporting character] Ye Zilu plays by his own rules! This is a logically consistent power fantasy: With his options exhausted in Longguo, Ye Zilu, a graduate of the Longguo Police Academy, ventures into Maitila to survive. After joining the police force, he uses ever 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The villain is ruthless and decisive, possesses high emotional and intellectual intelligence, is self-serving but not overly compassionate, and is meticulous in his planning and execution. Welcome to appreciate his work.

11. 261 高 The Master Sent Me Down the Mountain to Break Off My Engagement and Marry My Senior Sister 高手下山，师父让我退了婚娶师姐 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Urban474k WordsOngoing Little Taoist Lu Xuan is ordered by his master to go down the mountain and break off his engagement. His fiancée, the Su family, gives him a hard time, but his senior sisters arrive to help. They also reveal a secret from eighteen years ago: his parents' deaths were no accident. His fiancée's grandfather, Su Zhenhai, was responsible... 2.1kReads—Score100Shelves

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    An incredibly satisfying and enjoyable read, super fun and no angst whatsoever!!!

12. 262 神 Before the Well of Gods and Demons, I Sold My Soul to Become an Assassin 神魔之井前，我出卖灵魂成为杀手 Silver Winter, Cold Painting银冬冷画Eastern Fantasy201k WordsOngoing In this lawless martial world, there's no room for social niceties, only fighting and killing. What a rush! The land is in turmoil during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and schemes to exploit the chaos are rampant. Warlords wage endless wars across the land, leaving the people to suffer. A mysterious bounty killer wants nothing more than to protect himself and his younger sister. To escape the flames of war, they hide from place to place, hoping simply to keep to themselves. But fat —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 263 后 The Harem Emperor 后宫大帝 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted A harem novel with multiple female leads and a System. If you like beautiful women, come take a look. A naturally lecherous nouveau riche gets sent to the cultivation world after sexually harassing a waitress and being hit by a computer, bringing along a hundredfold experience System. He levels up at breakneck speed, is lecherous by nature, gathers a harem, and gets revenge on his enemies. He's a coward who fears death and never goes anywhere dangerous. I've never liked challenging people above 757Reads6.4Score—Shelves
14. 264 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 94Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 头 The Seventh Night 头七 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Seventh Day 54Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 开 From the Start, I Had a Hundred Million Lives, and They Call Me the Self-Destructing Maniac 开局一亿条命，他们叫我自爆狂魔 Is the West Wind Thin?西风瘦吗Eastern Fantasy100k WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead] [System] [Unconventional Protagonist] [Nearly Unlimited Lives] Chen Xiao transmigrates, but why does he appear right in the middle of a huge battle between cultivators?! Watching the cultivators before him fight to the death over spirit treasures, Chen Xiao only wants to curl up in a corner. [Ding! Congratulations, you have gained one hundred million lives, with no restrictions on their use.] Huh?! I'm at the Qi Refining stage, and you're at Foundati —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 解 The Dissociator: The Canary Heist 解离者：金丝雀大劫案 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery119k WordsCompleted This series focuses on a heist of the century. What seemed like an ordinary day at Collingwood Global Investment Bank is shattered when a gang of armed robbers breaks in. They force the bank employees to follow their orders. In the aftermath, a chief inspector caught in a dilemma races against time, vowing to discover who stole the £3.9 billion and why. 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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    American crime fiction series.

18. 268 解 Dissociators: The Chronicles of Saint Judas Island 解离者：圣犹大岛纪事 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery203k WordsCompleted On the picturesque island of St. Judas, a series of locked-room mysteries and cunning murders unfold. The person who comes to solve them is a professional assassin. He understands killing and strategy, using a killer's instincts to unravel one impossible crime after another. Beneath the sunlit island, lies, old grudges, and conspiracies steadily rise to the surface. With classic locked-room mysteries at its heart, an immersive deserted-island atmosphere, and four linked cases, the story asks at 87Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 复 The Revenge Concerto 复仇协奏曲 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery272k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! A worldbuilding-driven, realistic mystery where evidence is just the final nail in the procedural coffin. The first book in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to do the dirty work. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind dissociates from pain; the body breaks free from the dust. The Ame 414Reads—Score101Shelves
20. 270 解 The Disintegrator: A World of Black and Gray 解离者：黑灰世界 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban138k WordsCompleted Rick accidentally plunges into the dark abyss of an international drug cartel's deals, confronting the tangled connections between drug crimes and gang forces and witnessing countless bloody battles. Through one man's eyes, the story depicts a gripping, dark struggle for power, steeped in money and murder. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 解 Dissolver: Assassination 解离者：刺杀 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban159k WordsCompleted With the election approaching, the political landscape is shrouded in uncertainty. Acting on a secret assignment, Rick navigates official cover-ups, power struggles, and layers of deception. Following the faintest clues, he carefully pieces together the truth and hunts down the mysterious mastermind lurking behind it all. He quietly snuffs out a deadly crisis capable of changing the balance of power before it can take root. 101Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 解 The Dissociator: The Extravagant Prisoner and the Underground Howl 解离者：奢囚与地下啸 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery160k WordsCompleted New York is split between day and night, two worlds at odds. Hired by a wealthy family to rescue their kidnapped heir, hitman Rick uncovers a sprawling conspiracy. Meanwhile, Roy, a subway veteran worn down by corporate exploitation, launches a fierce rebellion in the underground tunnels. There are no crime investigations or justice here, only struggles for profit and settling scores under a code of gray rules. The victors are free to rewrite the truth. Desire and the cruelty of class are laid b 85Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 解 Dissolver: Incoming Missile 解离者：导弹袭来 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban156k WordsCompleted Rick, the hard-bitten killer from the series, returns once more. His close friend is brutally murdered, and the trail leads to a major missile trafficking case deliberately kept under wraps. To avenge his brother, Rick ventures alone into the heart of the conspiracy. As he presses forward through a perilous investigation, he finally slays his enemy with decisive force and successfully averts a missile crisis threatening the United States. 129Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 解 Dissociator: Financial Bullets 解离者：金融子弹 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery167k WordsCompleted Rick takes on a covert chain of missions spanning three continents: assassinate the key figures in charge of five ports. At the same time, he uses the hedge fund behind his client to make a killing, sending his personal wealth skyrocketing. Danger follows close behind. Britain’s MI5 and Interpol trace the clues back to Rick, reopening last year’s unsolved assassination cases and quietly closing their international dragnet around him. The unlikely alliance between assassination and capital stirs 259Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 解 The Dissociator: A Black Comedy of Errors 解离者：黑色幽默大事件 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery165k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! Worldbuilding-driven, realist mystery, where evidence is just the final nail needed to make things official. The second installment in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to get their hands dirty. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind breaks free from pain, the body escapes the dust of 100Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 九 Nine Nether Heavenswallowing Art 九幽吞天决 Laughing, Leaving Dust Behind笑留尘Eastern Fantasy810k WordsCompleted Once a peerless prodigy, Chu Yuan was betrayed by his closest friend, had his spiritual roots crippled, and fell into the mortal world. On the brink of certain death, he encountered the supreme ancient demonic manual, the Nine Nether Heaven-Devouring Art. This art is incredibly domineering: it can devour the spiritual energy and bloodlines of all things, even the cultivation and Dao fruits of others, and turn them into nourishment for its user. From then on, Chu Yuan embarked on an heaven-defyin 6Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 奥 Ultraman: The Final Chapter 奥特：终焉的续章 Ye Xiaolin Qin叶筱麟沁Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted This book is complete. Please check out my ongoing novel, Ultraman: I Am Celebro. A new work is out! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 24Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Yes, but you don't look... What can I do?

28. 278 我 We Villains Don't Want to Be Stepping Stones 我们反派才不想当踏脚石 A Fox on a Lonely Mountain孤山有狸Eastern Fantasy10.1M WordsOngoing What the hell! The Chosen One has singled me out to take him on? And the beauties around me are looking at me strangely too? What do I do? I'm freaking out! Are we villains destined to be stepping stones for others? No! I refuse! I, Ling Xiao, will crush every last one of you so-called protagonists beneath my feet! 4.4kReads8.9Score312Shelves

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    Well enough..

29. 279 白 White Noise: The All-Seeing Eye 白噪音：全视之眼 Kantuoer康托尔Urban490k WordsOngoing (Science Fiction / Wuxia / Mystery / Two Powerhouses / Battle of Wits) Shen Ji, chief architect of the All-Seeing Eye, has been executed. No one knows the charge. Before she died, she tore most of her memories into fragments and hid them away. Since then, the world has had a woman with no body. Every faction wants to control her, because she is an Awakened One. Lu Ran, the spokesperson chosen by the Awakened Ones. His body was transformed by black enzyme catalysts, and every faction wants to c 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Pure Dark Novel

30. 280 白 The Gray-Eyed White Cat 白猫传灰瞳 Mr. TT白先生Urban107k WordsOngoing The young heir of a crime family is forced to become a beggar. With nothing but a bowl from the start, he becomes the Zhu Yuanzhang of the underworld. Fresh twists and airtight logic. Italian mixed-race, ruthless, cruel, and realistic. He kills decisively, with every punch landing hard, every blade striking true, and every bullet finding its mark. A slow burn. Trust me, it only gets better as it goes. (No saintly heroine, no System, no harem, pure underworld fiction.) —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book features a third-generation gangster family, a mafia prince, no saintly figures, no system, ruthless and decisive, cruel and realistic, innovative plot, and meticulous logic.

31. 281 看 The Invisible Starry Sky 看不见的星空 Fiery Queen of Flowers火火霸王花Urban196k WordsOngoing A new work is out! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is the "justice" of the gifted truly indiscriminate killing? A boy is accidentally killed and transformed into a devourer, while his mother becomes a sacrifice in the purge. After awakening the power of a Sequencer, he both hates those in power and loathes his own actions in the killing, sinking further and further into the abyss of fighting evil with evil.

32. 282 黑 Dark Fantasy: The Mad Demon’s Tale 黑暗玄幻，疯魔传 The General Who Leaves No Name来将不留姓名Eastern Fantasy198k WordsOngoing (Villain) (Decisive and ruthless) (No heroine) (No bleeding-heart saint) He sacrificed a million lives to forge an evil weapon, provoking the wrath of heaven and earning the hatred of all. Hunted by righteous cultivators, he resolutely self-destructed at Immortal-Slaying Cliff, only to be reborn through the influence of fate. After two hundred years of wandering and hardship, Xiao Tianhua finally understood: this was a world where people devoured one another. If you didn’t eat others, you’d be e —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dark fiction with no traffic

33. 283 末 Apocalypse Descends: Follow My War Horn into Battle 末世降临：请随我战争的号角冲锋 A Worldly Young Gentleman世俗小郎君Sci-Fi & Apocalypse102k WordsCompleted After a voice rang out in everyone’s mind across the globe, countless demons spread their wings after the earth split open and charged toward humanity. Faced with the sudden catastrophe, panic spread rapidly. The ground caved in, forming an abyss with no visible bottom. Then a voice rang out in the minds of all humanity. “Basic data reconstruction complete. Human body data digitization complete!” Qin Han: Even with demons running rampant, we will overthrow them! If the enemy can come to us, so c —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's take a look at the child's new book.

34. 284 深 Abyss Chat Group: I Am the Lord of the Abyss Across the Heavens! 深渊聊天群：吾，诸天深渊之主！ Call Me Xiu Ju请叫我秀巨Eastern Fantasy502k WordsOngoing Chu He joins the Abyssal Will chat group, enters the Myriad Worlds, and becomes one of its members. He becomes the will of a great abyssal world, synonymous with corruption, destruction, slaughter, bloodshed, and death. As long as he invades a world, drags it into the abyss and corrupts it, then fuses with it, he can rise in world rank and grow ever stronger. From the moment he becomes the Abyssal Will, Chu He can destroy a planet with a single thought. He commands an endless host of demons: dem 12Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Who says there aren't dark, ruthless, and intelligent beings? Isn't this one? A will of the abyss, with only destruction in its heart.

35. 285 族 My Entire Clan Was Possessed by Transmigrators, So I Went on a Killing Spree! 族人全被穿越者夺舍，我杀疯了！ The Second Answer Sheet第二张答题卡Eastern Fantasy132k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + anti-cliché + not a mindless power fantasy + no heroine + dark story + proactive protagonist] After three hundred years of slaughter in Qian Cun, he reached the pinnacle of the demonic path. Using a wandering traveler to suppress the source of a divine-grade totem, he reversed time and was reborn. He returns to a hopeless situation from the start: his aptitude is even worse, and the soul-summoning ritual brings a horde of transmigrators from his own clan. Everyone is an 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone is intelligent; they all make the optimal decision based on their own perspective. The protagonist's abilities come at a price; they're not mindless. The protagonist treats the characters as tools.

36. 286 纸 What's Wrong with a Paper Effigy Shop That Reads Feng Shui and Catches Ghosts? 纸扎店怎么了也看风水也抓鬼 The King Cobra Pikachu大王蛇比卡丘Mystery232k WordsCompleted The evil ghost’s skin was an eerie bluish-black, its eyes blood-red, and black mist poured from its mouth. Its teeth were as sharp as knives, still stained with blood. Chen Yu was so terrified by the sight that he couldn’t move. All he could do was watch as the evil ghost slowly closed in on him. The evil ghost stretched out its long, slender claws, their nails sharp as hooks, and lightly traced Chen Yu’s face. A stinging pain flashed across his skin, and a streak of blood appeared. He wanted t 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so beautiful!

37. 287 霸 The Domineering CEO Secretly Falls for Me 霸道女总裁偷偷爱上我 The King Cobra Pikachu大王蛇比卡丘Urban238k WordsCompleted In an abandoned factory, the atmosphere was bleak and oppressive. A crowd sat or stood in the dim corners, while one foreign woman stood out in particular. Her figure was graceful, but her face was cold, and her eyes revealed bottomless hatred and madness. She stood alone, her lips trembling slightly as she muttered to herself, “Su Ran, I’m going to make you feel the pain of losing the one you love, too. I’ll make your world crumble completely and leave you to suffer in endless agony, just as I 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 288 纸 The Paper Effigy Shop Catches Ghosts Now and Then 纸扎店偶尔也捉鬼 The King Cobra Pikachu大王蛇比卡丘Mystery100k WordsCompleted In a quiet village stood an ancestral shop that made paper offerings. Its owner was a young man named Lin Yu. He was 23, and had been idling away his days in the shop since he was 18. He was a terrible student, had no lofty ambitions for the future, and lived like a contented couch potato. Lin Yu spent his days tinkering with the paper figures and horses in the shop, occasionally chatting with the village elders. Life was as calm as still water. Then one evening, that peace was broken. A mysteri 1Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 289 高 High Martial: The Sequence Insect Ancestor Devours All and Evolves Without Limit 高武：序列虫祖吞噬万物无限进化 I Don't Like Mung Bean Porridge不爱吃绿豆粥Urban191k WordsOngoing [Pure adrenaline, hooked by Chapter Three] [Cthulhu] [Urban] [High Martial Arts] [Insect Swarm] [Special Abilities] [Invincible] [Villain] [No Saintly Hero] [No Female Lead] [No System] [Plot-Driven] [Fast-Paced] [Ruthless] [Devour and Evolve] [No Faction Allegiances] [Dark Swarm-Building] [Interstellar War in the Later Story] If you were gravely ill and near death, but unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world, where a voice in your head told you that the world would restart in ten days an 10Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    This is dark enough, ruthless and merciless.

40. 290 高 High Martial Arts: A Blade That Slashes the Heavens 高武之刀斩苍穹 White-Robed Mortal Life浮生白衣Urban576k WordsCompleted He clawed his way out of a blood pool in hell, and returned as a walking calamity among mortals. His former name had long since burned away. Now, he is Zhang Mo, a vicious weapon born for nothing but annihilation! His blade is his tongue, and an unmarked stele bears witness. Every ringing stroke of his blade is the final word of countless lives. Tenderness? Loyalty? Dust in the wind! In his world, there is only the solitary peak of slaughter, watered with scalding blood. 6Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    This one is ruthless and decisive, with no female lead.

41. 291 狗 The Boy in the Dog Cage 狗笼里的男孩 Branch Car Baoshan分部车宝山Urban142k WordsCompleted [Smart protagonist + leaves no loose ends + decisive and ruthless + crime lord + political intrigue + business warfare + comeback + revenge] He escapes the hellish dog cage, only to discover that the world is an even bigger prison. This time, he's going to topple every throne. Starting on the streets of Donghai City, he climbs the ranks, moves on to international resource battles, and eventually shakes the global financial order. Underworld rules don't work? Then he'll teach them a lesson with b 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    From a death row camp to a transnational comeback, the protagonist wins people's hearts with his wisdom and ruthlessness. On his escape, he sets up ambushes to seize boats and evades pursuers. The subsequent business wars and the foreshadowing of subverting the order are very attractive.

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